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KDU Law Journal Volume 04 Issue II
September, 2024
The amount of food intake that a person should take daily
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varies depending on the age, body weight, activity level, and
dietary requirements, sex, climatic conditions etc. According to
the recommendations of Medical Research Institute of Sri Lanka
and the calculations of the Department of Census and Statistics
per capita calorie requirement is 2,500 kilocalories per day.
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Accordingly, the daily average adult food requirement (in grams)
is considered roughly a little less than 2 Kg. If it is assumed that
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all the 200000 populations were adults, then there had been extra
37.31 Kg (39.31 Kg -2 Kg = 37.31 Kg) of foods in the district to be
given to every person per day.
Therefore, it is observed that on the basis of the statistics provided
in Part I of Limb (B) of the charge that there had been extra 27.24
Kg of foods to be distributed among every person on each day
in the Vanni district during the 4 months period referred to in the
charge.
So, it is observed that the OISL allegation that GOSL adopted a
deliberate policy of denial of humanitarian assistance to victims
in the Vanni district is groundless and has no credible evidence to
substantiate it. On the contrary, it is established that GOSL has sent
more foods than the daily requirement during period under review.

44 Food means substances in liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen or dried forms that human
beings consume to satisfy their energy requirements and it excludes alcoholic beverages,
dietary supplement, soft drinks, or tobacco.
45 Thilani Kaushalya, ‘In a Pickle: Ensuring Food Security during an Economic Crisis’
(www.cepa.lk2022) <https://www.cepa.lk/blog/in-a-pickle-ensuring-food-security-during-
an-economic-crisis/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Medical%20Research> accessed
2 July 2024.
46 The daily average adult food requirement is made up of food 805 g, beverages 303 g,
fruit and vegetable 640 g - Caroline A. Joyce and Others, ‘Food & Nutrient Intake among
Sri Lankan Adults’ (cgspace.cgiar.org 2023) <https://cgspace.cgiar.org/server/api/core/
bitstreams/676cd864-2aaf-4a84-9ac5-cb3b881bfd36/content> accessed 2 July 2024.
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